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Ramsdell Sweet (English Sweet). Origin, Connecticut; tree vigor 

 ous, upright, an early and heavy bearer. 



Ramsdell Sweet. 



Fruit above medium, regular, oblong, slightly tapering, truncated; 

 surface smooth, yellow, almost wholly covered with solid dark red, 

 with indistinct stripes and splashes, with blue bloom; dots many, 

 large, gray, very conspicuous; cavity regular, deep, acute, with large 

 stellate russet patch; stern short, medium or long, often red; basin 

 narrow, abrupt, nearly smooth; calyx half open; segments erect 

 convergent. Core closed, clasping; cells elliptical, slit; tube funnel- 

 shaped; stamens median or basal; seeds short, plump; flesh yellow, 

 tender, juicy, firm, rich, very sweet, very good. October to February, 



Raspberry. Origin, Russia; exceedingly productive and a good 

 substitute for Red June where that variety winter-kills. 



Fruit small, oblong, obscurely angular, somewhat flattened at ends; 

 surface a fine solid dark red (like a highly colored Red June); dots 

 very minute, white, obscure, many; cavity regular, shallow to nearly 

 flat, slightly russeted; stem medium to long; basin nearly flat, with 

 about five prominences around the eye ; calyx closed ; segments long, 

 reflexed. Core open; cells ovate, slit; seeds about twelve, short, 



